Thornton police are working with Denver police in Globeville looking for a man they believe kidnapped a woman from a gas station in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Thornton police first received a call at about 1:53 a.m. from the Conoco gas station at 619 E. 120th Ave.

Witnesses there told police that a man had walked into the store and dragged a woman out and into a car. At about 10:15 a.m. police said they located the woman who is now safe, but are still looking for the suspect.

When the incident happened, police say the woman had walked into the gas station before the man and had asked to use the phone. While she was on the phone, the man entered the store and demanded she leave with him.

“The victim refused and fell to the ground, at which time the suspect physically dragged the victim from the store and forcibly placed her inside a vehicle,” according to a news release from the Thornton Police Department.

The man and woman appeared to know each other, according to witnesses. The woman called the man, “Donovan.”

Police officers spotted the suspect vehicle at 120th Avenue and Interstate 25 and began a chase, but the suspect was able to get away.

The suspect’s vehicle was last seen driving south on I-25.

Denver police spokesman Doug Schepman, said Denver officers were asked to assist Thornton just before 9 a.m. Officers have set up a perimeter around the area of 47th Avenue and Clark Place and are helping search the area with a K-9 officer.

The suspect’s vehicle is described as a black, four-door Audi sedan, with possible Colorado temporary license plate 329368N.

Anyone with information about the identy of the suspect or who has any more information about the incident is asked to call the Thornton police tip line at 720-977-5069 or Metro Denver Area Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

Yesenia Robles was a breaking news reporter for The Denver Post, working with the organization from 2010-2016. She covered education, crime and courts, and the northern suburbs. Raised in Denver, she graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder and is a native Spanish speaker.

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